Ma Xiaochun was interviewed just after the first game of this match.
Please read H.L.Hu's
translation posted on
the newsgroup rec.games.go. The interview mentions a best-of-ten
match to be played between them since Ma and Lee meet in this Samsung
final but will also meet in the
3rd LG Cup
final (also played over a best-of-five match as is the Samsung Cup).

In another article
translated by H.L.Hu
Ma outlines his plans for 1999 concerning his Go.